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sNews is a free content management system that is written in PHP and powered by a MySQL database.
It is compliant with the latest web standards and gets regular updates to help avoid any potential
problems. The platform was designed to be very lightweight, which means it will run well on a good
shared hosting package even with a fairly high number of visitors. The main team of developers seems
to want to strike a good balance between advanced features and ease of use, which they have done a
good job of so far.

Newer users will be able to greatly benefit from their help center, which offers a lot of material to help
you get started. You can learn how to set up your site, manage it and even create your own themes.
This is a really nice feature that while not technically part of the platform, is invaluable to many of the
users.

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sNews Pros

Lightweight

This platform is coded very efficiently, which allows you to run smoothly on an
inexpensive hosting package.

Help Center

Their help center is one of the best in the CMS industry.

SEO Friendly

The platform is made with SEO in mind.

sNews Cons

Plugins

There are a limited number of plugins available.

Few Users

This is a smaller CMS in terms of users, which many people don’t like.

sNews Review

Initial Setup

The initial setup of sNews is very easy. You can have it installed automatically using a one-click
installation script that comes free with all InterServer hosting packages. Once installed you will need to
go through and make some changes to the settings to get everything the way you want it, but it is all
fairly intuitive and won’t take too long at all. It is not the easiest CMS to set up I’ve seen, but it is far
from the most complex.

Plugins

There are plugins that will do the most common things that people typically want with a CMS but not
too much more. This is likely due to the fact that this is a smaller CMS with fewer users than many of
the big players. The size doesn’t attract too many developers, which limits the total number of plugins
available to choose from.

Themes

Even if you’re not an experienced developer you can make your own custom themes with this platform
if you would like. If that is not something you want to do, you can find some free options out there and
install them without any trouble. The total number of themes available is somewhat low, but most
people will be able to find something they like.

Customization

This is another area where this platform is pretty strong. With the initial settings you can make quite a
few adjustments to the way your site operates, which is nice. This includes changing from a traditional
blog look to something more professional with just a few clicks. If you want, they will even teach you
how to make your own custom themes for your site, which is very nice when it comes to customization.

SEO Friendly

Right out of the box you will have a very SEO friendly platform when you choose sNews. The developers
made it a point to include things like ‘pretty’ links throughout the site, which are very important. They
also take care of all the standard on-site SEO work for you so you don’t need to do anything else. If
there is any specific SEO strategy you want to follow that is not included by default, you can typically
find a plugin to do it for you without a problem.

Cost of Running

This content management system is completely free to download and install for both personal sites and
corporate pages. In addition, it is coded very cleanly so that it will run efficiently on any good hosting
package. All the different plugins and themes that I was able to find were also free, which makes this an
extremely affordable system.

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If you don’t think sNews is the right content management system for you, consider one of these other
great options. They are all available with one-click installation when you have any of our great hosting
packages:

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Final Thoughts

If you don’t mind using a platform that isn’t as popular as many of the others, this may be a great option
to consider. It is updated regularly, very stable and has a lot of things that make it a wonderful option
for running a site. It is ideal for personal blogs and even small business sites that don’t need a lot of
advanced features but just need a good looking, easy to use platform for visitors to enjoy.

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